The Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective is a tight-knit community of professional filmmakers in Brooklyn, NY who are dedicated to innovative approaches to filmmaking. The collective comes together through weekly peer workshops to provide sustained feedback and critiques throughout the life of its members' projects. It is the mission of the BFC to inspire groundbreaking films and maximize exposure of the best work from Brooklyn-based filmmakers.

Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective

Andrew Hinton

I had an epiphany watching a documentary as a teenager. I heard a voice behind the camera and realised there was a human being there, asking questions. It took some years for this simple but life-changing realisation to filter across to the "I Could Do That" part of my brain, so I studied International Relations, took a Masters degree in Media Production, watched a lot of films and upon graduation confidently declared I was now a filmmaker, before quickly discovering it was not yet so.

I got a break on Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort and my tea-making skills kept me busy for the next couple of years. My first proper credit came when I worked with Marc Isaacs on his debut film Lift.

Thereafter I bounced between drama and documentary until settling as in-house studio producer for CC-Lab in London, which led to music videos, performance films, working with brands and many late nights. It was the start of a creative relationship with director Paul Kelly and the band Saint Etienne. We made three musical doc features together and spent a year as Artists in Residence at Southbank Centre.

Four years ago I finally became that person behind the camera asking questions.